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Which bar--spoiler alert---I ran this before I posted

Posted By: Phil Simborg
Date: Friday, 5 February 2016, at 2:47 p.m.

In Response To: Which bar (svilo)

First let me say that I made a decision to slot my own bar point, and then, before posting this I checked it with XG to be sure I was correct. I have always resented some people who post detailed analyses of positions "as if" they didn't check it first to make sure they weren't making fools of themselves, and I have always been suspicious of people who seem to be "never wrong" when they post an opinion.

So I made my decision and came up with my reasons. If I then put it in XG and found out I was wrong, of course I would have given it more thought and probably would not have posted an answer at all. I think more people should be honest and come clean when they post an answer and state whether or not they checked it.

Bottom line I got the right play, and I believe I have the right reasons.

First, think about your game plan. Are you racing, priming, or hitting, and by the way, some of us feel that Anchoring should be a 4th category of game plan. Depending on how you define game plans, you are way down in the race and you would like to play an anchoring/hitting game. So you would like to stay back and at the same time make points on your own side of the board so that you might be able to contain white's remaining checker and or use the checker on your 7 point to make more inner board points so that if you get a shot later you have more of a board. If you get hit, you might be able to develop a back game by making a second point in your opponent's board. That is the game plan approach.

From a tactical approach, going to your own bar duplicates a lot of white's good 4's. A 4 covers his lot on the 14; a 6-4 makes his bar point; a 4-2 makes his 9 point. If you go out to your opponent's bar he has many numbers that hit you and several that make the bar point and that will keep you from doing more productive things on your next roll. Also from a tactical standpoint, you would like to keep a checker on your ace point to make it more difficult for your opponent to bo behind your anchor without risk of getting hit, and again, you hope to use that checker to help you make a second point in your opponent's inner board.

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